new media and the practice of journalism
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Now that the new media seems to give us information anyway and anyhow we want it, what happens to the practice of traditional media?TRANSCRIPT
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Lami Idakwo
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Who is a journalist?A journalist is someone who collects and
disseminates information about current events ,people, information, trends and issues.
“Anybody who wants to be”- Jacob Weisberg
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Revolution
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ConsequencesUser- generated contentCommunication across borders/boundariesSpeedy communicationFreedom of speech Active citizenship/democracyNo/ little gate keepingTruth/objectivity/fairnessLibel/slanderCopyright/plagiarismGrammatical constructsStrange business model
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A case for the geeks & untrainedThey understand the technologyThey create new technologies that make
communication easier.They have access to generating content as
they wishThey might be naturally gifted
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A case against the geeks & untrainedThey do not understand the heart of the
journalistThey do not know the ethics of journalismThey do not know the art of journalism
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What do we do?
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My suggestionsWork with the new technologies. Remember,
“video killed the radio star”.Work with the geeksWork with the untrained(CNN iReport)Set standards by practicing the standardsAccept that things are changing and get
innovativeFreelancing on various platforms
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What has been doneBlogs e.g. The Huffington postOnline newspapers e.g. WSJGoogle newsSocial media e.g. twitter updates, facebook
notes, “ I read businessday” .RSS feedsFreelancing( online columnist)
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Nigeria and the new mediaNigerians love to talkNigerians love to give opinions( especially
with anonymity)Nigerians love trendsNigerians are all over the worldMaybe the opportunity to leap from 3rd world
to developed?
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Websites/blogs to visithttp://www.Saharareporters.comhttp://www.nairaland.comhttpwww.bellanaija.comhttp://www.huffingtonpost.comhttp://mashable.comhttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.comhttp://www.boundless.org (Christian youth)http://madaboutnewmedia.blogspot.com:
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Maybe anyone can be a journalist, but we don’t need journalists, we need excellent journalists.
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Thank you.